The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-11
OPENING OF THE HoME-RULE FAIR.
An Excellent Musical and Literary Pro-
gramme Received with Hearty Applause.

| The home rule fair, for the benefit of the
| evicted tenants of Ireland, opened very auspi
| cously at Masonic Hall last night While there
| were not as many people present were ex.
pected, the hall was comfortably filled. The
decoration of the hall, by the ladies engaged in
the management of the fair, was very fine, and
the many beautiful designs that met the eye
were the subjects of much comment. The
stage was beautifully festooned with the en-
twined flags of Ireland and America, and on
either wall hung pictures Of mon WHO had given
the best efforts Of their lives to Irelands cause
The walls of the hall proper were also lavishly
decorated with red white and blue, and Ireland's
emblem. the green In front Of the stage in
bold letters, on a background of green, were the
words Home Rule !" and to the left, below the
national colors of Ireland. were the lines:
Flag of our land float high an fair,
They lie who say our sun is set.
God and the future still are ours;
We live and not beaten yet.
On the opposite side of the room were the
peoples shouts of thunder" There were other
notices and sentiments equally significant and
withal the donations alone showed that there
lack eff enthusiasm among the ladies who
proposed the fair
The programme this evening was of a musical
and literary character. At o'clock Governor
Gray appeared upon the stage as the presiding
officer for the evening He thanked the manag-
ers or the fair for calling upon him to preside,
and said 1t was always pleasure for him to do
anything that would assist in the amelioration
OF the suffering of the evlcted tenants of Ireland
The ladies who had undertaken the fair could
not be engaged in a nober purpose. IF your
efforts. said he "result in lessening the suffer
ing of one poor tenant, you will have been amply
repaid for all your efforts This is charity, and
the greatest of all things is charity. i sincerely
hope the fair may be crowned with abundant
success"
There was some excellent music bv the Elmer
aid Orchestra. after which the programme ar
ranged was rendered almost faultlessly. The
first exercise was recitation by Miss Kate
Eden on the subject, king George of Sicily
Miss Lula Schrader followed her with a violin
solo, and was so entertaining that she re-
called a second time A piano duet by Misses
Maggie Anderson and Lizzie Dugan was we'll
rendered, and heartily applauded. Master BERTHE
Feibleman rendered come of his best selections
was piano duet by Misses Cora and Lizzie
Fletcher. which equally as en-
Pertaining as the numbers that preceded
it ITO Ireland" was detained by
applause from the audience. A vocal solo was
rendered by Miss Anna l.. Abromet and was
heartily encored, after which Richard Butler
read the selection entitled '"The Voice of the
the programme ended by the rendition of sew
eral selections by trio of vocalsts composed of
Misses Hanson and Hessling and Mr.. Andrew
Smith The last and one of the best features of
young ladies' the Daughters Of Veterans, of |
Chapman Post G.. A. r. Their drilling was
very heartily applauded. Tonight the mana
gers of the fair will give ball at the Board of
Trade hall, for which two thousand invitations
have been issued. and seven hundred |
tickets sold The ball will be under the direc- |
ton of Capt p. j. Kelleher, assisted by thirteen
young ladies and the same. number of young |
gentlemen. Tomorrow night the fair proper |
will open in Masonic Hail, and promises to be |
great success.